The Act changes the requirements of the Georgia Best Evidence Rule relating to the admissibility of reproductions made in the regular course of business. The Act expands the scope of the rule by deleting the requirement that the image be nonerasable and that the reproduction be a permanent preservation of
SB 28 authorizes courts to require the installation of ignition interlock devices as a condition of probation for persons convicted of drunk driving twice within a five year period. HB 24 requires habitual violators and persons whose licenses have been suspended for DUI offenses to complete A DUI Alcohol or
The Act sets forth guidelines for the licensing and regulation of mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers by the state Department of Banking and Finance (Department). The Act calls for the Department to investigate mortgage companies and individual bankers applying for licenses and to review their lending practices before renewing licenses.
The Act prohibits a pharmacist from being required to release medical information about a patient, unless there is a written waiver by the patient or the patient's legal representative, a court order, or subpoena requiring release. Pharmacists releasing information pursuant to a waiver, court order, or subpoena are
The Act immunizes dental students from tort liability for acts or omissions in providing dental treatment as part of their academic curriculum. Medical facilities, academic institutions, and dentists overseeing the work of the dental treatment are not provided immunity. The Act exempts willful of wanton conduct from the immunity.
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The Act immunizes licensed physicians from civil liability for acts or omissions committed while providing physical examinations or serving as team doctors on a voluntary basis to amateur or nonprofessional athletes. Physicians guilty of willful of wanton acts or omissions do not receive immunity.
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The Act requires the Commissioner of Corrections to make a good faith effort to notify victims of crimes against the person of a change in the custodial status of the offender who victimized them. Victims who wish to be notified have the responsibility of keeping the Commissioner apprised of their
The Act provides for the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole on a defendant convicted of murder where the fact-finder (judge or jury) has found one or more statutory aggravating circumstances. Imprisonment for life without parole means that the defendant shall be incarcerated for what remains of
The Act amends Georgia law relating to the admissibility of victim impact evidence to include those cases in which life imprisonment or the death penalty may be imposed. The Act provides procedures for the introduction of evidence which demonstrates the emotional impact of the defendant's crime upon the
The Act provides that owners or contractors of real property must provide written notice of the identities of the property owner, the contractor, and any surety or construction lender for a construction project to persons who are not in privity of contract with the project contractor and who provide labor,
HB 536 clarifies which dividends received from foreign sources a corporation may deduct from its net income and creates a job tax credit program for jobs created in less developed areas. HB 384 creates a withholding tax equal to four percent of the distributions made from partnerships, S corporations, and
HB 29 makes it a felony to enter a jail and provide an inmate with an alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, dangerous drug, marijuana, gun, pistol, or dangerous weapon without prior consent of the sheriff, a sheriff's representative, or a detention facility administrator or its representative.
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The Act provides that covenants that run with the land shall be automatically renewed every twenty years unless fifty-one percent of the landowners affected terminate the covenant.
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HB 83 provides a program of state grants to be available to local governments interested in assessing the need for and desirability of consolidation of local government units and service delivery programs. It further provides for the availability of state grants for the purpose of planning and implementing consolidation should
The Act gives the Board of Natural Resources the power to adopt technical regulations for the land application of sewage sludge. Anyone wishing to apply sludge to land must obtain permission from the Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). The local governing authority where the land application site
The Act changes how conservation easements may be created, altered or affected. Under the Act, conservation easements may not be created or expanded, but may be otherwise altered or affected by exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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